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Old 11-07-2005, 09:45 AM
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Can't install passenger side header, the instructions are not helping very much at this point. Anyone have any tips? suggestions? magic spells? any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I think nightmare is an understatment when installing the SLP headers. The install blows ***. There is only ONE way to get them up there. I would love to help you but the headers stressed us out to a point of drinking beers every few minutes during the install and by the time it actually butted up to the block and went in correctly...well...I don't remember.

The best advice I can give is to mess with it untill fustrated and take a break from it. Getting pissed will only make it that much harder.

...I thought the driver's side was the hard part.
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Try unbolting the motor and jacking it up a couple of inches.
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I ended up hammering the body a little were they hit. The passenger side was hell.
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Ill try again tonight, thanks for the info guys
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are you installing them from the bottom? My pacesetters fit right in place from the bottom.
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You have remove the motor mount bolt & jack up the engine a little also you can remove the transmission crossbace & pry the **** out of the transmission towards the drivers side. Good Luck
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take the bolt out of the motormount.
Then jack the engine up on an angle.
You will have to play with the height of the motor...going up and down a few times...it will go in just make sure you have one other person other than yourself.
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I was able to install them by unbolting the trans and the cross menber. Wedge a 2"x4" and pry the engine to the side they will go in with lot of cursing and bleeding.


SLP headers sucked *** now i run Pacesetters life is much nicer
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wow the slp headers sound like a biatch. I am glad that I went with pacesetter.




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